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celestial guidance

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noun

a guidance system for an aeronautical or space vehicle by which an automatic device in the vehicle takes periodic fixes on celestial bodies to determine the vehicle's position and to guide it along a particular flight path.

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RELATED WORDS

astronavigation, celo-navigation

Nearby words

celestial, celestial city, celestial empire, celestial equator, celestial globe, celestial guidance, celestial hierarchy, celestial horizon, celestial latitude, celestial longitude, celestial marriage
Compare celestial navigation, command guidance, inertial guidance.
Also called astro-inertial guidance.
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British Dictionary definitions for celestial guidance

celestial guidance

noun

the guidance of a spacecraft or missile by reference to the position of one or more celestial bodies
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